Melissa Recoils at the Thought

Her face showed the disbelief common to people who are confronted with death, murder, and the idea that someone close may be the criminal. Nobody wants to admit that someone in their circle might be resposible for a heinous act. It’s simply not part of everyday life, except that occasionally tragedy strikes, and then people have to revise their opinion of what their colleagues might be capable of. There’s not any hard and fast rule which prevents everyone from stepping over the line. Common decency, a sense of fair play, a desire to survive the day and work another, these are always in play. But what is that one thing, that one small, even innocuous event, which can cause a rational person to flip, and commit the capitol crime?